Since 2011, the political events in the Middle East Turkey and Russia to intervene within the Syrian context given the fact that it served as the most critical context amongst all other surrounding countries in the region. The current thesis aims to identify the impact of events in Syria since 2011 on Turkish-Russian relations, and comparing findings to the assumptions of Realism. Through the utilization of literature review, the thesis uses qualitative research to achieve this main objective. The findings of the thesis indicated that the Turkish-Russian relations have been affected by the events in Syria since 2011 on geopolitical, diplomatic, economic, and militaristic levels, and that both Turkey and Russia seek to achieve their own interests through all means necessary, either by forming alliances with or adopting a conflicting stance towards one another. The thesis also indicated that Turkish-Russian relations went through major turbulence due to the opposing geopolitical and militaristic interests of both countries, since Turkey sought to topple Syria's Regime, that is represented by Bashar Al-Assad, whereas Russia directed its support towards protecting the Assad Regime. However, due to the two countries' realization of the importance of maintaining strong and cooperative relations, Turkish-Russian relations regained a great deal of stability as leaders could find common ground thanks to their cooperative economic and diplomatic approaches.